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George Smith

George has been conducting Humanist wedding ceremonies for a number of years and began conducting funeral ceremonies in 2014.
Having worked in Hotel Management for over 20 years, George has built a reputation for his attention to detail which he believes is very important when receiving details of a loved one’s life story and then telling that story at the funeral.
His love of after dinner speaking, experience as a Master of Ceremonies and wedding celebrant and presenter of shows on Hospital Radio have provided George with all the necessary qualities he believes are required to deliver very personal, moving and fitting tributes in the most professional and dignified manner.
Giving the deceased the ceremony they deserve is paramount in George’s opinion, and George feels honoured and privileged to be able to help families and friends through this most heartbreaking and stressful time.
George believes that none of us really know what happens after the committal so these words which were written by his friend Andrew to be read by George at Andrew’s funeral are quite apt.“ I pass through this world towards eternity via the big sleep. If the Galilean fisherman should stop me, then I will realise that my faith was shallow and most probably non existent.8However if I were to be unmolested on my final journey, then this could indicate that a secular state exists, and that the final sleep will be everlasting”

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